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… they are more or less self-contained. In the high-school American history class, for example, we often look at the … about in history class, it still lies at the center of America’s continuing attempt to live up to its ideals and …
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… The wife of John C. Fremont, renowned explorer of the American West, describes her 1849 trip to California and … help determine the kinds of stories we tell about America's past and the values we seek in our history. Use …
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… Samuel Adams , on the White House website, a link from The American President . An Outline of American History (1994), Chapter Three: Boston "Tea Party" , …
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… were deteriorating. President John Adams wanted to preserve American neutrality in conflicts between Britain and France. … for Talleyrand himself, and a large loan for France. The American people were incensed. War with France seemed …
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… were deteriorating. President John Adams wanted to preserve American neutrality in conflicts between Britain and France. … and was a national awakening to the virulence of America's increasingly partisan political process" (from …
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… on the various myths you will use. The 19th-century American writer Thomas Bullfinch produced popular versions … figure out what Daedulus is telling Icarus in the Van Dyke picture? Why is the Brueghel painting called “Landscape with … Icarus ,” available on the EDSITEment-reviewed Academy of American Poets . Does Williams capture the feeling of the …
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… overview of the film, refer to Darrell William Davis' book, Picturing Japaneseness: Monumental Style, National Identity, …
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… Coming of the American Revolution Website A More Perfect Union History & … for Revolution Lesson Plan Colonial Broadsides and the American Revolution Lesson Plan Why Do We Remember Revere? …
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… African-American Soldiers After World War I: Had Race Relations … Young and Captain John R. Barber, members of the African American 24th Infantry Regiment in Mexico, 1916. Library of … be:” (last chart on the page) from the online publication America’s Wars, May 2001 , available on the U.S. Department …
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… estranged from his times by an overriding attachment to the American past? Lesson Extensions To complete this study of … these narrators? Selected EDSITEment Websites Academy of American Poets Ralph Waldo Emerson Walt Whitman Africans in …
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… Lincoln on the American Union: A Word Fitly Spoken yes Photo caption … learn about the significance of Union to the future of American government. This resource accompanies the …
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… the United States. Closer Readings Commentary: Democracy in America: Alexis de Tocqueville's Introduction Closer …
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… 4: Life Before the Civil War yes Photo caption African American slaves using cotton gin, drawing by William L. … County, VA, May 11, 1860, p. 2, c. 6 The proprietor of the American Hotel was able to get fresh strawberries for his …
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… receiving lower pay than foreign counterparts (typically Americans) working in the same factories. The federal … Read the following excerpts: James Creelman, "Hero of the Americas," Pearson's Magazine , March 1908. John Kenneth …
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… MacDonald. Carpenter. Underwood. Green. These are typical American names that reflect a family's British origins—but … other specialists. Lesson 4: Non-British Surnames Modern American society is known for its ethnic diversity, and …
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… responses to it. Teacher's Guide : Our " Chronicling America: History's First Draft " collection includes access to newspapers published by African American presses across the U.S. during the 19th and 20th …
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… Lesson 3: Britain, Napoleon, and the American Embargo, 1803–1808 yes Photo caption H.M.S. Leopard … sanctions. Republican Party leaders were convinced that America’s greatest weapon was her economic power. They …
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… Introduction to Cultural Documentation , published by the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress 4. There … form. See the Sample Release Form (p. 40) included in the American Folklife Center guidebook, Folklife and Fieldwork: …
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… drawing of the pre-Civil War South. Wikimedia Commons More Americans lost their lives in the Civil War than in any … North and South, changes occurring in the lives of ordinary Americans, and some of the major social and economic issues …
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… is widely recognized as one of the centerpieces of the American Renaissance. This text is more than a chronicle of … relevant today, as it helps builds our perceptions of America’s unique literary culture. This unit is a study of …
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… In the hundred years since its first identification on American soil, the number of attacks, their severity, and … that students watch the short (2:31 minute) video from American Experience on FDR as a class to provide a mini …
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… WWI Photoessay from the EDSITEment-reviewed website Modern American Poetry to gain a general sense of the Great War. … Great " (1918), via the EDSITEment-reviewed Academy of American Poets site. Wilfred Owen's " Dulce et Decorum Est … dugout ... Gradually imperceptibly, the black & white pictures of the night were coloured by the sun. A dark …
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… common-place people; and her writings are a capital picture of real life, with all the little wheels and … Thomas Paine, who had returned to England after the American Revolution, published The Rights of Man (1791). … century. Class is a concept that is alien to most Americans, even though the term is used in a general way to …
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… House of Burgesses, May 1765. Throughout 1787-88, as Americans continued to debate the proposed Constitution, one … issues surrounding this debate, including the nature of the American Union, the difficulties of uniting such a vast …
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… refers to the fact that, for the first time, an African American will be President of the United States, the … account of race or color." Up until this time, many African Americans had been denied the right to vote. Despite the …
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… effort to treat the lives of simple ordinary people in an American Middle Western town with sympathy and … the unsuccessful ones—what life does to us here in America in our times—and on the whole how decent and real we …
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… had a profound impact on ideas and tastes of Europe and America in the 18th and 19th centuries, giving rise to a new …
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… involved was James Madison in the most important events in America from 1775 to 1817? The answers to these questions … political career of James Madison and the listed events in American history from 1775 to 1817. Madison: Life Before the …
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… everything about the Presidency was central to the idea of America that was a work-in-progress when the nation was …
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… history. Since the decision to form a federal government, Americans have debated what role the government should … Act of 1917 and Sedition Act of 1918 to quell dissent to America’s involvement in World War I. Conclusion Debates …